Speaking of fins, G-CURVE (FCS) best fins made:

[SURV]

As you may or may not have seen in your local surf shop, a magazine, the internet, the G-CURVE fin set is about $80-100. It is the best fin system I have ever experienced. Ive tried K fins and what not, but the G-CURVE system is incredible.

It comes in 3 carbon fibre pieces. The trailer fin is large and bulky which is perfect for larger waves. The curved fins are really do the magic. Theyre light and sturdy which you can feel in the water.

The main benefit from the curved fins is a gain in speed. I surf NJ and SC, USA and the waves are usually small, so speed is extremely difficult to achieve with standard, stock fins.

EDIT: I use a G3 (i believe its called this. its the smallest trailer made for FCS) with G-CURVES on my rails. The small trailer is easier to whip the tail on mush waved.

[Brent]

question: Is your speed a result of the curved radius of the fin...or the generally larger surface area of the curved fin itself, they are big fins those suckers. From memory if you were to "uncurve" them they're over 120mm high. That's big.
The smallest fcs fin is the "GS trailer", it comes in a center fin only, the next bigger is the "GX", then the G1000, etc etc.

I tried some myself, but on a hybrid fish I just couldn't get them to work. Perhaps I'm just a wobbly xxxxx... but I now use FG-5 fiberglass for my outer fins, (the blue ones) and a GS trailer in the middle. Like a twin fin but doesn't spin out.

Um, I don't know anybody else who's tried the curved ones...anybody??

[namino tsume]

For what size board, i use a g-5 on a shortboard... didnt pck them out, thats what the shop gave me.

[Brent]

For my 6' hybrid fish I use the FG-5 outers (the blue ones) with the gs trailer in the middle.
If I feel like playing I stick in a full FG-3 set (the red ones), it changes the whole board, makes it like a normal wide shortboard....kind of kills the whole idea of a hybrid fish. It is then neither a good shortboard, nor a good fish.

It works best with the FG-5 with a very small middle fin. Actully soon when I get a good consistant small-wave day here I'll have a ride with the middle fin in...then shoot in to the beach & wip the middle out and try it immediately after...that will be interesting, compairing my genuine plywood fin fish...to the modern "canted" fin version.
Nerd!! I hear you all say :-)